There are so many ways to learn different languages. One good way is watching DVDs of my favorite movies and choosing Spanish or French as the audio and/or subtitles.

Yesterday I watched part of Transformers and set the subtitles to Spanish and just read from there as I listened to the movie. And I learned a few words just from that. So, I’m going to keep that up and also learn from language software like Transparent Language: Learn NOW! 

I’ve started Spanish already, but I’ll be starting French soon as well.

It’s Wednesday again and that means it’s time for more Pogo badges! I’ve been playing for badges a lot lately. I don’t always do the badges that Pogo assigns for the week, but I’ve been doing the personal badges every week.

The badges that Pogo selected this week are Jewel Juggler Badge on Ali Baba Slots and Air Acrobats Badge on Aces Up! I’ll most likely get the Jewel Juggler Badge, but I don’t know if I’ll get the Air Acrobats Badge as I’ve never played Aces Up! When I have time I don’t mind learning one of the Pogo games to get a badge, but I don’t know if I’ll have the time this week. I’ll look it over and see what it’s about.

I’m not sure what game I’ll play for my personal badge this week. Maybe Lottso! or Hearts.

I really need to start studying French and Spanish again. Last year I started studying both languages about 30 minutes each per day and I was really learning a lot. I can still remember a lot of the words and phrases I learned from last year.

I love culture and languages, and want to learn about many of them. So I really need to stop being so darn lazy and get with it.

Since I seem to have an easy time retaining some languages, once I’ve learned them - especially French - I should take that advantage and put it to good use.

I have a major pet peeve, and that’s when I sign up to a new forum, confirm my membership by email and then get a message stating that I have to wait to be approved by an administrator or moderator. Ugh! I would really love it if they would let me know that before I bother registering.

They could simply put a message on the registration page, or somewhere else on their forum, stating that if someone registers, they have to wait for approval. That would help people make up their minds about whether or not they want to register. In some cases I wouldn’t bother registering, but in other cases I would. It would depend on what the subject matter of the forum was.

Ryan Lochte is my new celebrity boyfriend so I thought I’d post this interview with him. I especially like the part where Ryan and Michael Phelps do the “Jeah” shout outs! LOL! I think that’s from Young Jeezy. I’m not a fan of that type of rap music, but I have to admit the Ryan and Michael “Jeahs” are cute!

I like Michael Phelps and hope he wins his 8th gold medal in these 2008 Summer Olympics. But I really would love it if the press gave more props to other athletes like Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peirsol. I mean, the media hype of Michael Phelps is so annoying. Michael Phelps is a great swimmer and I understand why he gets more coverage than other swimmers (and most other athletes), but I don’t think he deserves it at the expense of other great swimmers like Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peirsol, etc.

I hate when I’m watching an interview with other great swimmers and the interview always turns to Michael Phelps! Ugh that’s annoying. I like Ryan Lochte (even more than I like Michael Phelps) and it was annoying to have to hear questions about Michael Phelps during an interview Ryan Lochte had after he had won the gold medal for the 200 meter backstroke swimming competition. That was Ryan’s moment and Michael didn’t need to be talked about more than Ryan himself was talked about.

And it’s sort of the same with Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson. Shawn Johnson has been shown favoritism by the press since these 2008 Summer Olympics started. And even AFTER Nastia won the gold medal for the women’s all around in gymnastics, the press is still giving Shawn just as much attention as Nastia. I believe it most likely wouldn’t have been that way if Nastia had won silver and Shawn had won gold. Nastia would probably had been snubbed by the press even more.

I’ve read some opinions about the 2008 Summer Olympics coverage and see that some people feel that same as I do. That’s good, it’s nice to know everyone isn’t falling for the media’s hype and favoritism.

I just saw the recent photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with their new twins and their other children; Maddox, Zahara, Pax and Shiloh. And man are those four kids growing fast.

I remember when all four of them were just babies; barely older than their new twin siblings Knox and Vivienne. Maddox has especially grown tall. They are all so very cute!
See Photos Here!

I like trying to win Pogo Badges at Club Pogo! The Badges are cute little avatars that a Pogo player can win by completing a challenge that Pogo has for two certain games of Pogo’s choosing; plus a personal challenge that the player chooses. Starting every Wednesday, a player has one week to complete the challenges, and after they do, they win the badges.

To be able to play for the badge, a player has to be a member of Club Pogo, which is a premium membership to Pogo that costs around $39.99 per year. Or a player can choose the $5.99 per month option. There is also usually a 14 day free trial. Pogo is free, but with the premium membership to Club Pogo a player can play games without Ads, have access to exclusive Pogo games, and are able to play for badges, etc. I have the premium membership; it’s worth the money in my opinion.

I didn’t play for the two badges last week; I’ve been too busy. So I only completed the personal badge. But I’ll check out the badges today and maybe I’ll try to win them this week!

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opens today, August 1, 2008. I’m a huge fan of The Mummy franchise and I really want to see this soon. It looks like it will be a good movie.

I will miss Rachel Weisz and Arnold Vosloo, but the cast still looks good. Brendan Fraser and John Hannah are back, plus Jet Li is in the movie as well. So that’s pretty cool. The movie also stars Maria Bello and Michelle Yeoh. It’ll be interesting to see what their characters are like.

Below are some reviews for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor


MTV Kurt Loder Review
Christian Science Monitor Review
Times of India Review
Houston Chronicle Review
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert Review